To find the second meaning, follow the first step in the instructions above. After following the first step, your information should look similar to the sample attached below. (Because of spacing constraints, I moved my line by line below the poem and put it in sentence/paragraph form...but every line is covered, described, and discussed in detail. That's what you need.) Also note the mood and theme statements below at the bottom of the document as well. Sample first meaning done together in class:
-Make a list of all of the unknown words and define them at the bottom or on a separate sheet of paper.Define symbols.Find a common theme for these words that’s different than your original paraphrased meaning.
-Identify when your poem was written and what was going on in his life at that time (hardships, joys, etc.).Also identify what was going on in his hometown at this time.
-Identify qualities of Romanticism found within the poem.
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To find the second meaning, follow the first step in the instructions above. After following the first step, your information should look similar to the sample attached below. (Because of spacing constraints, I moved my line by line below the poem and put it in sentence/paragraph form...but every line is covered, described, and discussed in detail. That's what you need.) Also note the mood and theme statements below at the bottom of the document as well. Sample first meaning done together in class:
To find the second meaning, do these things:
-Make a list of all of the unknown words and define them at the bottom or on a separate sheet of paper. Define symbols. Find a common theme for these words that’s different than your original paraphrased meaning.
-Identify when your poem was written and what was going on in his life at that time (hardships, joys, etc.). Also identify what was going on in his hometown at this time.
-Identify qualities of Romanticism found within the poem.
-Identify literary devices found within the poem.Second meaning sample:
Sample Explication for "England in 1819"